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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

-Shozo Sato, Chazen: Zen Wisdom for Jeans & a T-Shirt

Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

"It will arrive without expectation or planning, just like a sudden bolt of lightning from the heavens, and its recipient must not think about what is happening, but rather humbly accept the flash of light that has seized them."

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

"To become enlightened, no amount of anticipation or planning will foment the fires of that moment. The opportunity for Satori cannot be foreseen.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

"Therefore, this statement reminds us that there is no precedent prior to (ganrai) enlightenment, and that it remains unknown (fushiki) in perpetuity.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

"One’s careful and deliberate thought will act as a barrier, blocking out enlightenment like a dam. Satori must come from within, from the very heart of one’s being.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

"If rationality and discrimination of the mind are the basis of one’s intellect, Satori will forever elude their intelligence.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

GANRAI FUSHIKI
元来不識
Insight Is Unexpected

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

"Young Shozo Over Earthrise"

Acrylic gel plate monotype, sumi ink woodblock print, and inkan stamp on found magazine paper
8"x11.75"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025
$65

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 4

"Under the Floorboards in the Barn"

The telltale gillhooter

Stickers, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper
5.25"x4"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024
$35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 3

"The Source of Counter-Culture"

Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper
5.25"x7.5"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024
$55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 3

"Rebel 81"

Real rebels don't use their rebellion as social currency

Acrylic gel plate monotype and inkan stamp on found paper
8.5"x11"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025
$35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 2

"That's What We're Getting"

Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper
5.25"x7.5"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024
$55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 2

"Cheetah Boy, Post Swim"

An ode to the first time I enjoyed playing catch

Acrylic, collage elements, and oil pen on canvas board
9"x12"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025
$225

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 1

"Your Ego Burning"

“Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper
5.25"x7.5"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024
$55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · May 1

"Electric Cowboy at the Drag Show"

Lasso 2 Electric Boogaloo

Stickers and collage elements on found paper
8.5"x11"
Marc-Anthony Macon & KAM Teen Takeover Night Guests, 2025
NFS

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 30

"I Could Use Some"

“As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.”
― Andy Warhol

Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper
5.25"x7.5"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024
$55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 30

"You Think About That, Tammy"

Unsolved mysteries are superior to solved ones

Acrylic and oil pen on found paper
8.5"x11"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025
$75

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 29

"Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another... And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream."
-Federico Fellini

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 29

"Cowboy X and the Helpful Planet Yume"

Acrylic gel plate monotype, oil pen, sumi ink, and inkan stamp on found paper
8.5"x11"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025
$35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 29

"That Was Some Zap"

“I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?”
― Arthur Conan Doyle

Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper
5.25"x7.5"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024
$55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 28

"Thank You For Waiting, Gentlemen"

“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
― Voltaire

Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper
5.25"x7.5"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024
$55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 28

"I Want Answers"

Indeed.

Sticker, collage elements, and inkan stamp on found magazine paper
7.5"x11"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025
$45

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 26

"Fruit Moon Waxing"

Ulula cum lupis cum quibus esse cupis

Acrylic gel plate monotype and inkan stamp on found magazine page
9"x11.5"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025
$69

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 26

"You See Your Destiny"

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

Stickers and oil pen on found paper
4.25"x6"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024
$35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · Apr 25

"QT Visitor 1138"

This is what I feel like when I'm asked to speak at a school

Stickers, collage elements, and inkan stamp on found paper
8.25"x11.4"
Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025
$125

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